the KGB

GPTKB entity

Properties (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf intelligence agency
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:Cold_War
espionage
political dissidents
surveillance
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:dissolved 1991
gptkbp:famous_for intelligence gathering
propaganda
covert operations
assassinations
surveillance technology
interrogation techniques
psychological operations
disinformation campaigns
intimidation tactics
wiretapping
document forgery
counterintelligence training
supporting communist regimes
internal security operations
monitoring dissidents
involvement in coups
supporting revolutionary movements
collaboration with other intelligence agencies
using informants
involvement in the assassination of political figures
infiltration of foreign organizations
spying on foreign governments
training foreign intelligence services
involvement_in_the_Cuban_Missile_Crisis
involvement_in_espionage_against_China
involvement_in_espionage_against_Japan
involvement_in_espionage_against_NATO_countries
involvement_in_espionage_against_Western_Europe
involvement_in_espionage_against_the_Middle_East
involvement_in_espionage_against_the_United_States
involvement_in_the_Afghan_War
involvement_in_the_Berlin_Wall_construction
involvement_in_the_Prague_Spring
gptkbp:formed 1954
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Lubyanka_Building
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the KGB
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_KULAK
Operation RYAN
Operation NEPTUNE
Operation SANDWICH
Operation TRUST
gptkbp:parent_company gptkb:Ministry_of_State_Security
gptkbp:primaryFunction state security
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:FSB
gptkbp:subordinateUnits gptkb:Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:successor gptkb:FSB
gptkbp:training foreign intelligence
political repression
counterintelligence